Plate-glass carrier.



AUGUST DIETRICH, or COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.

PLATE-Grass (numana.4 1f

To all 'whom'z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, AUGUST DIETRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county'of Platte and State of Nebraska, have invented a new andl useful Improvement lin Plate-Glass Carriers, `of

which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to devices for lifting and carrying' plate Vglass vand other bodies having thin,`ii at surfaces, and it has for its object to provide a devicegof ,this kind' which is simple in construction and at the same time reliable in operation, that is, sure in its grip upon the smooth faces ofthe Y glass or other body, so that there is no danger of breakage or injury to the operator or to the article being carried. l

The invention will be first hereinafter describedv in connection withthe accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of thisy specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description. n l

VIn the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding-parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 1s a side v1ew of a liftlng and l carrying device constructed substantially in accordance with this invention, showing it applied to the edge of a piece of plate glass;

Fig. 2 is an outer edge view ofthe device as shown in Fig. 1; Y

Fig. 3 is an inner edge view with the glass in section, and

Fig. 4 is an end view, also showing the glass` plate in section.

The device Vcomprises a pair of metal plates 1 having layers of sponge rubber 2 cemented to their inner surfaces for gripping the opposite faces of the glass 3 or other body to be carried. The plates 1 have wedges 4 cast on their outer surfaces. There are preferably four wedges on each plate, and they are preferably arranged in pairs as illustrated 1n the drawings, the taper of each wedge being from a lower thin edge to an upper thicker edge.

A handle member 5 has'spaced clamping jaws 6 to embrace the plates 1 andhaving grooves or gutters 7 to fit over the wedges 4.

4Each of the jaws 6 maybe made with upper and lower horizontal portions having the grooves or gutters 7 to engage the upper and lower pairs of wedges 4, and vertical connecting portions 8 having vertical slots Specication of Letters Patent. i

` Patented Feb. 1s, 1917?.

Application filed February 23, 191.6. (SerialiNo. 73,917.v 'j

9. The slotted parts of said Vconnecting portions are inclined and disposedparallel to the outer surfacesofthe wedges 40u-the adjacent plates l: Thepla'tes 1 are held to the handle member by lugs 10 cast.` on the outer surfaces o'fsaid' plates, extending through the slots 9, and provided with caps -11 on theouter faces of the portions 8: ofthe handle member, whereby saidl handle member m-aYWOfk UP MiddOWH 011thep1atesl c for clampingv and releasing the glass 3.'

VThe hand'of the carrier, when gripping the edge of the Vglass platejby'means ofa rubber band or stripl stretched'between the-i'horizontal portions-ofthe clamping jaws 6, said rubber strip being secured in any suitable manner, asby Vthe screws-14. 'This rubber strip also serves to-prevent the edgev of the glassfrom coming in 'contact with the metal handle member in the crotch betwee the clamping jaws. Y

In operation, when the device is applied to the edge of the glass, as illustrated, theA weight of said glass causes the handle memlthe handle-properlQ ofthe handle member 5, is prevented from coming in Contact with 7@ Y ber to travel upward alongfthe wedges 4 thereby forcing the plates 1 togetherl to firmly grip the glass between their rubbery lined inner surfaces.. When the glass is setV doyymit is only necessary-to give a 'slight tap on the upper end Vof the handle member 5to relieve Vthe pressure thereof vupon the plates 1 and release the rubber ylined inner surfaces of said plates from the glass.

Having thus described my invention, what i I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: V Y 1. The combination with a pair of gripping plates having wedges on their outer faces at the upper andlower portions thereof, of a handle member having upper land lower clamping jaws provided with grooves to fit the upper. and lower wedges respectively.

2. Thecombination with a pair of gripping plates having wedges on their outer faces at the upper andlower portions thereof, of a handle member having upper and lower clamping jaws provided with grooves to lit the upper and lower wedges respectively, and means of connection between said handle member and plateswhich allows'the' former to move on the*V latterV along the wedges. f

. V 3. The combination with ay pair of gripj ping vplates having wedges and lugs on their I outenfaces, of a handle member Vhaving` clamping jaws to engage said wedges and slots through which said lugs are passed, there being caps on said lugs for connecting the handle member to the gripping plate while permitting the former to move on the latter along the wedges. l Y

4. rlhe combination with a pair of gripping` Vplates having wedges and lugs on their outer faces, of a handle member having clamping jaws to engage said wedges and slots through which said lugs arel passed, the slotted portions of said handle member being parallel to the wedges, and there being caps on thelugs for connecting thehandle member to the gripping plates while permitting the former to move on the latter along the i wedges.

5. The combination with av pair ofi-grip pingplates, of a handle member having an upper andl a lower pair of clamping jaws embracing said plates, and a protecting strip 'connecting the horizontal portions of said jaws forthe purpose specified.

6. The combination with a pair of gripping plates, of ahandle member having an upper and a lower pair of clamping jaws embracing said plates, and means connecting the plates to the handle member and permitting sliding movement of the latter on the former. Y'

7. The combination with a pair of gripping plates, of a handle member having an upper and a lower pair of clamping jaws em racing said plates, sponge rubber layers on the inner faces of said plates for engaging a piece of plate glass and a .rubber strip connecting the horizontal portions oit' the Yclamping jaws to prevent the edge of the glass from coming in contact with that part n of the handle member.

AUGUsT DIETRICH.

Giopiies of this patent may'be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

g Y v Washington, D. G. 

